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Old July 29, 2006   #1
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Default Eggplants dropping blossoms

These are some of the reasons eggplants will drop their blossoms:

Night temperatures are higher than 78,
Day temperatures are higher than 90 degrees,
Giving the plants a high nitrogen feeding just as they begin to bloom*,
Drying winds,
Golf ball-size hail falling on blossoms can cause them to drop.

Are there any other reasons this can happen?

*Don't reinterpret Rodale's Enclyclopedia of Organic Gardening section on eggplant advice to side dress with compost in mid-July to mean extra nitrogen along with compost will be even better. I did that, and the blossoms on several plants dropped.
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Old August 3, 2006   #2
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Incomplete pollination can cause blossoms to drop.
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Old September 22, 2006   #3
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Too hot of weather seems to make my eggplants not set on. Like100 degree stuff. They start setting back on after it cools off. Least that is all I can figure that does it on mine. That makes for late eggplant. I guess I need to have bigger plants and try to set out early to get some set on before the heat hits?????
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